Le Bons Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Canterbury, New Zealand)

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Le Bons Bay Surf Guide

Le Bons Bay in Canterbury is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west southwest. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the east southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Watch out for rips and rocks.

Le Bons Bay Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	fairly consistent	13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Le Bons Bay:

The best conditions reported for surf at Le Bons Bay occur when a East-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Le Bons Bay Location Map

Interactive Le Bons Bay surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Le Bons Bay Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 08:17 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 07
ft, °F	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Wave (m)	NNE	NE	NE	NE
Period (s)	7	4	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

Tides at Le Bons Bay

Current tide and informaton

For Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay, 7 km from Le Bons Bay.

Next High Water: 08:24pm | 1.66m

Next Low Water: 02:06pm | 0.47m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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low tide

Le Bons Bay Sea Temperature

The water temperature at Le Bons Bay is rather cool (13.8 °C) and the air temperature will feel similar. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.